In Bardhaman District Sarva Shiksha Mission has been launched in the year 2001 with the objective of 'Universalisation of Elementary Education'. The project has been a revelation in providing quality 'Elementary Education' for all.

The role of Universal Elementary Education (UEE) for strengthening the social fabric of democracy through provision of equal opportunities to all has been accepted since the inception of our Republic. The original Article 45 in the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution mandated the State to endeavour to provide free and compulsory education to all children up to age fourteen in a period of ten years. The National Policy on Education (NPE),1986/92, states: “In our national perception, education is essentially for all... Education has an acculturating role. It refines sensitivities and perceptions that contribute to national cohesion, ascientific temper and independence of mind and spir it - thus furthering the goals of socialism, secularism and democracy enshrined in our Constitution